Just found out about a guy living in Toronto who handles Nordost audio cable. Would certainly cut out the hassles at the border. I wonder if anyone out there has used the Nordost line. It's a bit pricey so I was wondering what your opinions on it might be. Thxs Art

I tried some of their IC's years back. Thin sound and lacked bass. I can't say about their speaker cables.

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I have Nordost Solar Winds (via Dreamer) for my DIY spherical (ala EPI drivers) speakers. I luv their full sound. Full bass; detailed everywhere. Not sure how much this is due to the Nordost's and how much due to "other" things (better room acoustics, Rollandized "perfected" tfm-42, etc., etc.). But this system (in my living room) is rapidly becoming my "place of choice" for listening (even tho the epi 1000's in my family room system are "technically" better sounding and more "precise". etc.). In any case I'm not letting go of the Solar Winds!

I used to have Nordost Solar Winds (sold them to "elgrau", and I'm really missing them!). They went between my Carver Silver 7t monoblocks and my Martin Logan Sequels. They were the best-sounding speaker cables I've ever had in my system--better than anything by AudioQuest, and beat out MITs and Transparents in their price-range, and just left anything by Monster in the dust.

I'll hopefully be replacing them soon with an upgraded pair of Nordosts--Red Dawns. I LOVE the sound of Nordost speaker cables with my Carver amps and Martin Logan speakers. No other cable, in my experience, has the level of tight bass, transparency, and midrange clarity...

I was thinking of starting with the Frey line first. Anything above that gets really crazy. There is a guy on Toronto named Humbert Chu. He seems to have a lot of the better Nordost and Cardas lines. He's not a dealer but sells a lot of stuff with wrap on it but no boxes or manuals. Claims to get them through a contact in the states. He goes under the name of videosonic. He's on audiogon and his feedback is impeccable. Over 365 positive sales. You can checkout item 1251241154 to see one of his products. It would be great to have someone here in Canada with top notch stuff. I don't think this guy would wreck that feedback record by selling bogus stuff. If there are any Canadians here who have heard of this guy I'd apprreciate a heads up concerning his reputation. Thxs Art